667 WWUS83 KSGF 300944 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 344 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE AREA. HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS BEEN POOR EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER TODAY COUPLED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF NATURAL COVER FIRES OCCUR. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-310000- /O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0003.140130T1200Z-140131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.140130T1500Z-140131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 344 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MARIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 PULASKI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 071 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 LACLEDE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 TEXAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 WRIGHT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095 CHRISTIAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 096 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 HOWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 STONE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 TANEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 OZARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S BY MIDDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN AND CONTROL THAN USUAL. NATURAL COVER FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:17:55 +0000
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